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Thursday, October 9, 2014

New Dam on the Assabet

Approaching Gleasondale via the Assabet River late this morning I was surprised to find a well constructed beaver dam holding back a good portion of the river's flow. The nocturnal engineers wisely chose a narrow spot (about 25 ' across) and took advantage of the low water levels of late.
While portaging around their structure I stopped to take a closer look from above...

A few more moonlit nights and they might seal the deal.

This stinkpot turtle (I think) seemed lost in thought...

Above the dam a small painted turtle was unconcerned by my presence...

A great egret was seen near Sudbury Road...

Blue herons, mute swans, and wood ducks were also encountered.

Fall foliage was colorful in places...

Today's trash haul...

A 5-gallon Poland Springs bottle stood head and shoulders above the rest.

2 comments:

Dan F.
said...

I paddled the same stretch later in the afternoon, and was pretty surprised when I came upon the beaver dam. I didn't attempt to portage. Picked up three pieces of trash on the paddle back to Magazu's Landing.

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My passion is being out and about in my boat. After 10 years of maintaining my first blog trashpaddler.com I've decided to turn the page and start fresh.
While I still "Brake for Trash" when on the water, my new blog: https://mywaterroots.blogspot.com will focus on paddling historic waterways and seeing just where that takes me.